Proposed pay for new Herefordshire Council chief executive revealed

4:40pm Thursday 20th September 2012 in News Exclusive By Bill Tanner

The title of chief executive to Herefordshire Council could worth up to £145,000 to the new holder.

The Hereford Times can confirm that the council's employment panel has recommended the remuneration for the role range between £140,000 to £145,000.

This will be put to a meeting of the full council on Friday, September 28.

The employment panel went into secret session last week to debate the future for the chief executive's role.

Current chief executive Chris Bull leaves next month. His salary for 2011/2012 was £183,724 pushed up to a total remuneration of £222,490 by pension contributions.

 

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Comments(7)

bobby47 says...
10:19am Fri 21 Sep 12

I actually was keen to become the Chief Executive but 'they' said that I wasn't qualified in some key areas, which, according to them, excluded any application I might make from their initial paper sift.
They accepted that I was a creative writer which is a 'must' to become Chief Executive, particularly when it came to revealing spending issues that turned out to be a 'dog with fleas' and a complete waste of money and they were suprised at my willingness to do it for six quid an hour. However, they told me bluntly that my antecedant history, namely kneading dough in a bakery for the past forty years was not something they could forsee as being an advantage to the Council, particularly when the subject of dough and it being kneaded into lumps and placed in an oven over and over again rarely, if ever, cropped up when the Council got together to discuss their chaotic plans for our great County.
They also suggested that my two formal qualifications, Swimming the Width and Woodwork were my weakest area and therefore, with some reluctance, the lady on the phone screamed, 'Clear off or I'll call the Constable'.
Its who you know. Jobs for the boys.

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Ubique5740 says...
12:58pm Fri 21 Sep 12

Bobby47, I am very surprised that at the very least the Council Press Office have not headhunted you. Perhaps they are concerned that you will only tell the truth and apologise when you get it wrong.
Thank you for all your posts,they reflect what the silent majority are thinking.

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bobby47 says...
2:54pm Fri 21 Sep 12

Ubique5740, Thats very kind of you but....... dont be thinking that I'm some 'holy than thou' character, co's I aint my friend. I have the usual character faults as anyone else. I dress up in my Grannys clothes far to often, I'm hopelessly addicted to Prescription Only Drugs and I'm the author of a great deal of tripe and drivel.
My very warmest regards to you.

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Lukio says...
9:43am Sat 22 Sep 12

Dressing in women's clothes and addicted to drugs eh bobby? Just master the art of autoerotic asphyixiation and you sound like you'd be the perfect candidate for a Tory MP/Councillor :)

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bobby47 says...
5:14pm Sat 22 Sep 12

Yeah Lukio. But this clubbed foot I have would be a vote loser.

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littlewhitebull says...
5:26pm Tue 25 Sep 12

Chris Bull's remuneration package placed him in the top 70 paid Chief Executives of the 430+ councils of the UK. The proposed package for his successor will 'relegate' the new chief towards the half way point in the league table.
If you have the stomach to look at the Taxpayers' Alliance website and search for 'Town Hall Rich List' you will find that 20 councils employ between them 601 staff who receive payments of £100,000. It is unusual for any council not to employ anyone at £100,000. YET, Barnet employs 47 staff earning £100,000+!
The cost of local government in the UK quite staggering, in my opinion.

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probono says...
11:04am Thu 27 Sep 12

I do hope the new CE wil live in the County or close by, rather than join the growing number if HC officers who commute in from all over the Country. A previous officer even lived in Scotland. How can you get a feel of the area without shopping there, using the facilities and mixing with locals ? At least this new trend has done wonders for rental of single rooms and 1 bed flats in the City, as well as keeping the trains running. So who now lives furthest away I wonder ?

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